Tokyu 1000 series

Data (as of 22 Feb 2026)

History

The 1000 series looks almost the same as 9000 series, but they are slightly different. A carriage of the 1000 series is shorter than that of the 9000 series, and thus has only three sets of doors. Motors and traction are also different. Eight eight-carriage units were introduced to the Toyoko Line, four four-car units to then-Mekama Line and 11 three-car units to the Ikegami Line. Eight-car units were designed for through-services to the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, and four-car units could be formed of eight coaches and run the Toyoko Line.

Those on the Mekama Line became three-car units and have been reallocated to the Ikegami and Tamagawa Lines, when the Mekama Line was rearranged to the Meguro and Tamagawa Lines in 2000. Eight-car units were taken out of the Toyoko Line services by 2013 when the through-service to the Hibiya Line was discontinued. Some of them were shortened to three coaches, refurbished and reallocated to, again, the Ikegami and Tamagawa Lines (1500 subseries). In addition, many redundant carriages were resold to small private railways, most of which are Tokyu's subsidiaries.

Current Operations & Future Prospects

The 1000 series are used for Tokyu Tamagawa and Ikegami Lines. They are all formed of three coaches now, and four out of sixteen units are the original style, while eleven of them are the 1500 subseries.

Fukushima Transportation, Uedadentetsu (Nagano Prefecture), Iga Tetsudo (Mie Prefecture) and Ichibata Electric Railway (Shimane Prefecture) also use some 1000 series on their networks.

Photos

The refurbished unit (1500 subseries).

Very few had centre gangway that allow a four-car unit to form eight coaches with another one. Only one unit remains today.

It has been painted green, just like its predecessors (which retired in the 1980s).

The 1000 series on Toyoko Line.